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suffusion towards termen ; a white almost marginal line along posterior part of 

 costa and termen, at apex preceded by an orange dot and followed by a black 

 dot, whence proceeds a blackish line along upper part of termen : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings i, cilia 2^ ; whitish-grey, towards apex whitish-ochreous ; 

 a blackish apical dot ; cilia whitish-ochreous, at apex with a blackish median bar. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February ; two specimens (Pole). 



Timyra isoehra, n. sp. 



^. 12 — 14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous; second 

 joint of palpi dilated towards apex and rough-scaled beneath, internally exca- 

 vated and filled with blackish scales, terminal joint minute, concealed ; thorax 

 partly suffused with deeper ochreous. Antennas ochreous-yellowish, basal joint 

 with anterior scale-projection. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior &nd middle 

 tibiaj with a grey spot, posterior tibiae and basal joint of tarsi clothed with 

 long rough projecting ochreous-whitish hairs, mixed with dark fuscous, with a 

 tuft of blackish metallic-tipped scales towards apex of tibiae. Forewings elon- 

 gate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; 4 and 5 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 connate with 7 ; light 

 ochreous-yellowish ; four somewhat oblique rather broad undefined fascia) of 

 deeper ochreous or brownish suffusion, first sometimes rather dark fuscous, 

 second narrowest: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings with 3 absent, 6 to costa ; 

 light oohreous-yellowish, with subdorsal groove enclosing long pencil of 

 ochreous-yellowish hairs ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Maskeliya, Wellawaya, and Puttalam, Ceylon, in May, November and De- 

 cember ; five specimens (Pole, Alston). 



Timyra phorcis, n. sp. 



9. 13 — 14 mm. Head fuscous, face whitish. Palpi whitish, anterior edge 

 dark fuscous. Antennae whitish. Thorax rather dark fuscous, posterior ex- 

 tremity whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs light ochreous ringed with 

 whitish, posterior tibiae clothed above with very long projecting curved whitish 

 hairs mixed with blackish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderate- 

 ly ai'ched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; 7 to apex ; ochreous- 

 whitish ; a narrow dark fuscous basal fascia ; a very broad rather dark pur- 

 plish-fuscous antemedian fascia, considerably narrowed towards costa ; an ill- 

 defined triangular spot of dark fuscous irroration on costa beyond middle, and 

 a sub-triangular dark fuscous spot on tornus, connected anteriorly by a pale 

 ochreous-yellowish streak, the fascia of ground colour which precedes these 

 bisected by an undefined line of dark fuscous scales ; apical area between and 

 beyond these irregularly strewn with dark fuscous scales : cilia ochreous-whitish 

 base mixed with fuscous. Hindwings with 6 to termen ; grey, lighter towards 

 base ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 

 Puttalam, Ceylon, from September to November ; three specimens (Pole). 



Timyra pastas, n. sp. 



$^. 19 — 23 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, tinged on crown and sometimes 

 mixed with bronzy-fuscous, sides more yellowish. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint in $ internally with long expansible whitish-ochreous scales, terminal 



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